Kalki Avatar and Muhammad

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{{Short description|Book on Muhammad and Kalki Avatar}}

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| name = Kalki Avatar and Muhammad
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| author = [[Ved Prakash Upaddhay|Ved Prakash Upadhyay]]
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| language = [[Hindi]]
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| subject = Discussion of the presence of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] as the Hindu avatar of [[Kalki]] in the [[Hindu scripture]]s (Kalki Purana, Vedas and Bhavashi Purana, etc.)
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| publisher = Saraswat Vedanta Prakash Sangha
| pub_date = 1966/69/70
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| oclc = 1199095831
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'''''Kalki Avatar and Muhammad''''' is a [[Hindi]]-language book by [[Ved Prakash Upaddhay|Ved Prakash Upadhyay]],<ref name=a>{{cite book |last1=Malik |first1=Dr Ahmad |author2-link=Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi |last2= Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi |first2=Afrasiab |title=END TIMES (What could happen in the world tomorrow) |date=1 January 2022 |publisher=(Center for Global and Strategic Studies, Islamabad) |pages=13, 274, 275|isbn=9789699837142 |url=https://www.academia.edu/74441913 |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=الحافي |first1=د عمر |last2=البصول |first2=السيد علي |title=البشارات بنبؤة محمد في الكتب الهندوسية المقدسة |journal=The Jordanian Journal of Islamic Studies |date=24 June 2010 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=2, 12 |url=http://repository.aabu.edu.jo/jspui/handle/123456789/363 |access-date=2 September 2022 |publisher=[[Al al-Bayt University]]}}</ref> a scholar of sanskrit and winner of [[Rashtrapati Award]] (President award) of India 2018 for his contribution to Sanskrit language.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.khaskhabar.com/amp/news/news-dr-ved-prakash-upadhyay-gets-president-award-2018-news-hindi-1-335601-KKN.html?PageSpeed=off|title=डॉ वेद प्रकाश उपाध्याय को मिलेगा राष्ट्रपति सम्मान-2018|date=20 August 2018|work=khaskhabar|accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://aggarjanpatrika.com/news/6248-डॉ-वेद-प्रकाश-उपाध्याय-को-राष्टऊपति-सम्मान.aspx|title=डॉ. वेद प्रकाश उपाध्याय को राष्टऊपति सम्मान|date=9 April 2019|work=aggarjanpatrika.com|accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential Awards Scheme |url=https://www.sanskrit.nic.in/schemes/presidential_awards.php#2018 |website=[[Central Sanskrit University]] |accessdate=21 July 2023}}</ref> In 1969 Saraswat Vedanta Prakash Sangghha published the book.<ref name="Milli2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2005/01-15Feb05-Print-Edition/011502200574.htm|title=Muhammad in Hindu scriptures|accessdate=2014-11-06|publisher=[[Milli Gazette]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107013447/http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2005/01-15Feb05-Print-Edition/011502200574.htm|archivedate=2019-01-07|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The common bases for Hindu-Muslim dialogue|author= Maulana Waris Mazhari (Translated from Urdu by [[Yoginder Sikand]]) |date=5 May 2010 |url=http://twocircles.net/2010may04/common_bases_hindu_muslim_dialogue.html |publisher=[[Twocircles.net]]|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prophet Muhammad in Hindu Scriptures |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2005/01-15Mar05-Print-Edition/011503200567.htm |access-date=1 September 2022 |work=[[Milli Gazette]]}}</ref> This book is a discussion of the presence of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] as the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[avatar]] of [[Kalki]] in the [[Hindu scriptures]] ([[Kalki Purana]], [[Vedas]] and [[Bhavishya Purana]], etc.).<ref>{{cite news |title=हर धर्म में हजरत मुहम्मद का जिक्र आया |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/Mirzapur-61955-62 |access-date=26 July 2023 |work=[[Amar Ujala]] |date=7 May 2012 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Handrik Alim |last=Mashuri |title=Kalki Awatara Dalam Perspektif Dr. Pandit Ved Prakash Upaddhay Dalam Buku Muhammad in the Hindu Scriptures |url=http://repository.uin-suska.ac.id/33427/1/SKRIPSI%20GABUNGAN.pdf |website=[[Sultan Syarif Kasim II State Islamic University]] |publisher=[[Sultan Syarif Kasim II State Islamic University]] |access-date=1 September 2022 |language=en |date=11 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Hafiz Muhammad Naeem, Associate Professor/Chairperson, Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies, [[Government College University, Lahore]]|title=محمدﷺ بحیثیت خاتم النبین: پنڈت وید پرکاش اپادھیائے کی تحقیقات کا مطالعہ: Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the Final Messenger: A Critical Analysis of Pandit Ved Prakash Upaddhya's point of view |journal=Al-Idrak Journal |date=17 June 2022 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=176− 192 |url=https://www.alidrak.com/ojs3303/index.php/alidrak/article/view/45 |language=en |issn=2789-3227}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=روحانی |first1=‌سید‌محمد |title=جایگاه و کارکرد منجی‌ موعود هندو در متون پورانه‌ |publisher=[[Noormags]]| journal=انتظار موعود |date=1 April 1397 |volume=61 |issue=18 |pages=129–151 |url=https://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/100996/138/text |access-date=1 September 2022 |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=M A |first1=Srivastav |title=हजरत मुहम्मद और भारतीय धर्मग्रंथ |date=2008 | page = 19| publisher=Madhur Sandesh Sanggam|quote=
|url=https://archive.org/details/25216003 |accessdate=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Srivastav |first1=M.A. |title=Hazrat Muhammad (Pbuh) n Bharatiya Dharma Grantha {{!}} Prophets And Messengers In Islam {{!}} Muhammad |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/92874101/Hazrat-Muhammad-Pbuh-n-Bharatiya-Dharma-Grantha |accessdate=25 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Summary==

Some of the discussions given on the book are<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sikand |first1=Yoginder |title=Pseudo-messianic movements in contemporary Muslim South Asia |date=2008 |publisher=Global Media Publications |isbn=9788188869282 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=9SYKAQAAMAAJ&q=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEIMjAE |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Journal of Secularism: IJS : a Journal of Centre for Study of Society & Secularism |date=2005 |publisher=The Centre |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=0gRuAAAAMAAJ&q=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEINTAF |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Muhammad |first1=Nur |title=The Deendar Anjuman |date=2000 |publisher=Nur Muhammad |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=aLcQAQAAIAAJ&q=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEIOTAG |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Abidin |first1=Danial Zainal |title=Islam the Misunderstood Religion |date=2007 |publisher=PTS Millennia |isbn=9789833604807 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=DduTr1EW4oYC&pg=PA93&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI8sPo5PfjAhUMbn0KHQKwA8wQ6AEIHzAB |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Unal |first1=Ali |last2=Gultekin |first2=Harun |title=The Prophet Promised in World Scriptures |date=2013 |publisher=Tughra Books |isbn=9781597848237 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=ZB1RCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT251&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEIJTAC |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sikand |first1=Yoginder |title=Muslims in India Since 1947: Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134378258 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=yf5aJi2loLcC&pg=PA241&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEIHzAB |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>:
* The name of the Kalki will be ''Narashangsha'' and ''Ileet'', both means praised human, the meaning of the name Muhammad is also praised man.
* Kalki's name will be ''Ahamiddhi'', Muhammad's another name was ''Ahmad''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Minda Muslim Super |date=2008 |publisher=PTS Millennia |isbn=9789833603190 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=trqqLtM0-x4C&pg=PA282&dq=Narashangsa+Rishi&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi796bn97jlAhUD73MBHXASClIQ6AEIMTAD#v=onepage&q=Narashangsa%20Rishi&f=false |accessdate=26 October 2019 |language=ms}}</ref>
* Kalki has been mentioned as ''[[Savitri]]dev'' whose all characteristics mentioned are matched with Muhammad.
* Kalki will be born on 12th day of [[Madhav month]], the first month of the hindu lunar year and the first month of summer, Muhammad similarly born on the 12th day on Rabiul Awal, the third month of the Arabic lunar year but astrologically the time was summer season according to solar time.
* Kalki will born on [[Shambhala]] village or island which means place/house of peace and a land beside water or sea, it also means Arab and Asia minor according to the world map division of Hindu religion, Makkah is Muhammad's birth place which is also beside sea and it is in Arab and Asia minor and its another name is Darul Aman, which means the place/house of peace.
* Kalki's father's and Mother's name will be Vishnu-yash/Vishnu-bhagawat and Sumati/Soumyavati, which means slave of God and peaceful lady. Muhammad's father's and mother's name are Abdullah and Amina, which also mean slave of God and peaceful lady.
* Kalki will be born of the family of the main priest of Shambhala, Muhammad was also born of the family of [[Abdul Muttalib]], the main priest of then the Makkah.
* Kalki will not suckle his mother's milk, Muhammad also deprived of his mother's milk, instead of that, he drank his foster-mother [[Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb|Halima]]'s breast milk.
* Kalki will be impressively handsome (Anupama Kanti) and incomparably beautiful (Apratim Dyuti), Muhammad was also known to be handsome and impressive and had been described as the most beautiful man of contemporary Arabia.
* Kalki will go to hillside after birth and receive messages from a mount from [[Parshurama]] (spirit of Raam or God, verbally Raam means God of the World) and then he will be ''Kaurava'' (migrator from homeland) and will go to north and after that he will return, Muhammad also received messages from God through Jibrail in mount [[Jabal al-Nour]], and another name of Jibrail is ''Ruhul-Amin'' and ''Ruhul-Quddus'' which means spirit of God, and he also migrated to Madina situated in north of the Makkah and after that returned to Makkah again with victory.
* Kalki will have eight divine virtues (Ashtaishwaryaguna): Wisedom, born of noble family, self-control, remembrance (heard from God), physically powerful, less speechful, charitable, advisor of Gods verses and gratefulness. Muhammad also had these eight virtues.
* Kalki will ride on camel, Muhammad also rode on camel.
* Kalki will travel heaven by devine chariot ''[[Ratha]]'', Muhammad also travelled heaven by [[Buraq]] in [[Miraj]].
* Kalki will ride on miraculous flying white horse named ''Devadatta Shetashwa'' (meaning: white horse given by God) given by Shiva to destroy the evil, Muhammad also rode a miraculous flying white horse named [[Buraq]] given by Allah and destroyed evil.
* Kalki will fight with Khaksha means sword, Muhammad also used to fight with sword.
* Kalki will engage in war, Muhammad was also engaged in war.
* Gods will directly help Kalki in war, Muhammad was also helped by the angels in the [[battle of Badr]].
* Kalki will defeat demon [[Kali (demon)|kali]] with the help of his four brothers, Muhammad also defeated [[Satan]] by the help of his major four closest companions, later known as [[Rashidun Caliph]].
* Kalki will destroy the robbers as hidden as Kings, Muhammad also destroyed the oppressors who were kings and leaders at that time.
* Kalki will be colloequally a ''[[Rudra]]'' of long hair and shaven head, an earcher and a mount-climber and mount-meditator, Muhammad also had long hair in common and shaven head during [[Hajj]] and [[Umrah]], he also used bow and arrow, he was a mount climber and a mount-meditator.
* Fregrance will come out from Kalki's body, Muhammad's body odour was also renowned for charming fragrance.
* Kalki will be meat-eater and omnivorous, Muhammad was also meat eater and omnivorous.
* Kalki will be adviser of a very big society, Muhammad was also an adviser of a big society.
* Kalki will have several wives, Muhammad also had several wives.
* Kalki's name will be sage ''Mamoho/Mamaha''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abedin |first1=Mohammad Zainal |title=Mānabatāra diśārī |date=1966 |page=22 |edition=1 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=dukRAQAAIAAJ&q=মামহ&dq=মামহ&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj77v7pprrlAhV76nMBHShbAKsQ6AEIIDAB |accessdate=26 October 2019 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Bukti-bukti sains dan sejarah kerasulan Muhammad |date=2007 |publisher=PTS Litera Utama |isbn=9789833604531 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=vxemBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT70&lpg=PT70&dq=Ahamiddhi&source=bl&ots=DMuK_OMRxe&sig=ACfU3U1v4Vl72NeB9-bwXeV7_KtW1SGyxg&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7zpWXsbnlAhVKKo8KHRfxBIUQ6AEwAnoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=Ahamiddhi&f=false |accessdate=26 October 2019 |language=ms}}</ref> and he will be given 100 gold coins, 10 necklace, 300 fighter horse and 10,000 peaceful cow, Muhammad's 100 follower was devoted self-purifier, known as Ashab-i Suffa, 10 was given good news of heaven, known as Ashara-i Mubashsharah, 300 follower was Badr fighter, who fought victoriously against 1000 enemies, and 10,000 was the number of his muslim companian in the time of victory of Makkah.
* Kalki's followers will be known as Musalays ([[Muslim]]s)
* Kalki's followers will be omnivorous
* Kalki's followers will be circumcised
* Kalki's followers will have beards and call people for the prayer ([[Adhan]])
* Kalki will banish idolatry, Muhammad also banished idolatry.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abidin |first1=Danial Zainal |title=Islam the Misunderstood Religion |date=2007 |publisher=PTS Millennia |isbn=9789833604807 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=DduTr1EW4oYC&pg=PA93&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI8sPo5PfjAhUMbn0KHQKwA8wQ6AEIHzAB |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Unal |first1=Ali |last2=Gultekin |first2=Harun |title=The Prophet Promised in World Scriptures |date=2013 |publisher=Tughra Books |isbn=9781597848237 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=ZB1RCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT251&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEIJTAC |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Reception==
The book was received positively by many liberal Hindu and Muslim scholars and almost all the contemporary Hindu-Muslim unity groups, besides many Hindu scholar also criticised the book and denied the authenticity of the claims on this book. Later the book has become one of the most popular content for Hindu-Muslim unity dialogue and Islamic preachings in India and outside.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mehar |first1=Iftikhar Ahmed |title=Al-Islam |date=2003 |publisher=AL-ISLAM |isbn=9781410732729 |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=O0gypGNaj3kC&pg=PA200&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGz82pmbHlAhVLvo8KHRf9CLIQ6AEILzAD |accessdate=23 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Habibullah |first1=মোহাম্মদ হাবিবুল্লাহ্‌/ Mohammad |title=পাক্ষিক আহ্‌মদী - নব পর্যায় ৭৭বর্ষ । ২৩তম সংখ্যা । ১৫ই জুন, ২০১৫ইং {{!}} The Fortnightly Ahmadi - New Vol: 77 - Issue: 23 - Date: 15th June 2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=lLEXDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT19&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_m7Hw_bHlAhWd63MBHeYMDI8Q6AEIKTAC#v=onepage&q=kalki%20muhammad%20ved%20prakash&f=false |accessdate=23 October 2019 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Miẏā |first1=Muhammada Majirauddīna |title=Bāṃlā sāhitye Rasula carita, 1295-1980 |date=1993 |publisher=Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=fjQFAQAAIAAJ&q=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimmcGt_bHlAhVx6nMBHa1VCN44FBDoATABegQIARAL |language=bn}}</ref> Meanwhile, the book been translated into many Indian and non-Indian languages. In 1998, Bengali scholar [[Asitkumar Bandyopadhyay]] translated the book in bengali with the addition of his own wide academic research paper on the subject.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ved Prakash Upaddhayaya |author2=Ashit Kumar Bandhopaddhayaya |author3=Muhammad Alamgir |title=Muhammad in the Vedas and the Puranas |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Kalki+Avatar+Muhammad&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DYKA4u5EnKz4J |website=scholar.google.com |publisher=AS Noordeen |accessdate=22 October 2019 |date=1998}}</ref> [[Zakir Naik]] deliderately mentioned detailed references from this book in his writing.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Naik |first1=Zakir |author1-link=Zakir Naik |title=Similarities Between Hinduism & Islam |date=2007 |publisher=Adam Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-81-7435-567-6 |pages=33-43, 80 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books/about/Similarities_Between_Hinduism_Islam.html?id=So4O46mUp0QC&redir_esc=y |access-date=28 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Besides, there is also media coverage of being converted to muslim by reading this book.<ref>{{cite news |title=قصص من الحياة: قصة اسلام ارون كومار من عبادّ الأبقار |url=https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2014/07/08/563800.html |access-date=29 July 2023 |work=[[:ar:دنيا الوطن]] |date=8 July 2014 |language=ar}}</ref>
[[Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi]] clearly discussed the book in fully overall in a chapter of his book,<ref name=a/> and these journal articles directly and "only" discuss the book without any trivia,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=الحافي |first1=د عمر |last2=البصول |first2=السيد علي |title=البشارات بنبؤة محمد في الكتب الهندوسية المقدسة |journal=The Jordanian Journal of Islamic Studies |date=24 June 2010 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=2, 12 |url=http://repository.aabu.edu.jo/jspui/handle/123456789/363 |access-date=2 September 2022 |publisher=[[Al al-Bayt University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Handrik Alim |last=Mashuri |title=Kalki Awatara Dalam Perspektif Dr. Pandit Ved Prakash Upaddhay Dalam Buku Muhammad in the Hindu Scriptures |url=http://repository.uin-suska.ac.id/33427/1/SKRIPSI%20GABUNGAN.pdf |website=[[Sultan Syarif Kasim II State Islamic University]] |publisher=[[Sultan Syarif Kasim II State Islamic University]] |access-date=1 September 2022 |language=en |date=11 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Hafiz Muhammad Naeem, Associate Professor/Chairperson, Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies, [[Government College University, Lahore]]|title=محمدﷺ بحیثیت خاتم النبین: پنڈت وید پرکاش اپادھیائے کی تحقیقات کا مطالعہ: Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the Final Messenger: A Critical Analysis of Pandit Ved Prakash Upaddhya's point of view |journal=Al-Idrak Journal |date=17 June 2022 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=176− 192 |url=https://www.alidrak.com/ojs3303/index.php/alidrak/article/view/45 |language=en |issn=2789-3227}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=روحانی |first1=‌سید‌محمد |title=جایگاه و کارکرد منجی‌ موعود هندو در متون پورانه‌ |publisher=[[Noormags]]| journal=انتظار موعود |date=1 April 1397 |volume=61 |issue=18 |pages=129–151 |url=https://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/100996/138/text |access-date=1 September 2022 |language=fa}}</ref> The author [[Ved Prakash Upaddhay]] is also a famous academic scholar of sanskrit language, winner of president award ([[Rashtrapati Award]]) (in sanskrit language) and more, and also still alive. Besides renowned international writers like [[Ali Unal]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Unal |first1=Ali |last2=Gultekin |first2=Harun |title=The Prophet Promised in World Scriptures |date=2013 |publisher=Tughra Books |isbn=9781597848237 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=ZB1RCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT251&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEIJTAC |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>, [[Shams Naved Usmani]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=ʻUs̲mānī |first1=Shams Navīd |title=Agar ab bhī nah jāge tau-- |date=1989 |publisher=Raushnī Pablishing Hāʼūs |page=132 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=1tDtAAAAIAAJ&q=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&dq=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwieu6m-0LSAAxWNb94KHccXDc4Q6AF6BAgHEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ur}}</ref>, [[Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=بشىر |first1=محمود، سلطان |title=کتاب زندگى: قرآن حکىم کى سائنسى تفسىر : سورة الفاتحه، سورة البقرة |date=2003 |publisher=القرآن الحکىم رىسر چ فاؤنڈىشن، |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=FNPXAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&dq=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj005Ki0rSAAxXKbvUHHa6EB68Q6AF6BAgNEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ur}}</ref> and [[:ms:Danial Zainal Abidin]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abidin |first1=Danial Zainal |title=Islam the Misunderstood Religion |date=2007 |publisher=PTS Millennia |isbn=9789833604807 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=DduTr1EW4oYC&pg=PA93&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI8sPo5PfjAhUMbn0KHQKwA8wQ6AEIHzAB |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and others<ref>{{cite book |last1=Srivastava |first1=Ram Pal |title=अवतारवाद - एक नई दृष्टि |publisher=Sankalp Publication |isbn=978-93-91173-57-9 |page=177 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=sdXKEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA177&dq=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZtL_GwbSAAxUNM94KHW9vBNcQ6AF6BAgJEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mañjula |first1=Rasika Bihārī |title=Bhārata bhavānī: Karagila yuddha se juṛī kucha kavitāyeṃ |date=2000 |publisher=Ravim Prakāśana |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=pK5jAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6&dq=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZtL_GwbSAAxUNM94KHW9vBNcQ6AF6BAgKEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=المصرية) |first1=علي جمعة محمد (مفتي الديار |title=اعرف نبيك: صلى الله عليه وسلم |date=1 January 2010 |publisher=Nahdet Misr Publishing Group |isbn=978-977-14-2365-2 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=JjLwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27&dq=%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A+%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjztvzvwrSAAxUEcmwGHU9lAfcQ6AF6BAgFEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=نقطه نظر |date=2005 |publisher=انسٹى ٹيوٹ آف پاليسى اسٹڈيز، |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=kOAPAQAAMAAJ&q=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&dq=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3no7_0rSAAxXCQPUHHc3zCV8Q6AF6BAgJEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ur}}</ref> broadly discussed the book in their books. Besides the book is also cited as reference in numerous books and news like [[Yoginder Sikand]], [[Muzaffar Alam]], [[Utpal K. Banerjee]], [[Francesca Orsini]], [[Kaler Kantho]] etc.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orsini |first1=Francesca |last2=Schofield |first2=Katherine Butler |author1-link=Francesca Orsini |title=Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India |date=5 October 2015 |publisher=Open Book Publishers |isbn=978-1-78374-102-1 |page=531 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=P0SlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA531&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwq6SwtrSAAxXxa_UHHTMVBm84ChDoAXoECAoQAw |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sikand |first1=Yoginder |author1-link=Yoginder Sikand |title=Muslims in India Since 1947: Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations |date=31 July 2004 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-37825-8 |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=yf5aJi2loLcC&pg=PA241&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwq6SwtrSAAxXxa_UHHTMVBm84ChDoAXoECAgQAw |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Alam |first1=Muzaffar|author1-link=Muzaffar Alam|title=The Mughals and the Sufis: Islam and Political Imagination in India, 1500–1750 |date=1 August 2021 |publisher=[[State University of New York]] Press |isbn=978-1-4384-8490-7 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=uO0gEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT427&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji6NChtrSAAxUza_UHHWmmC9gQ6AF6BAgKEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekbal |first1=Nikhat |title=Great Muslims of undivided India |date=2009 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7835-756-0 |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=zjWqXCOTehMC&pg=PA143&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwq6SwtrSAAxXxa_UHHTMVBm84ChDoAXoECAQQAw |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Banerjee |first1=Utpal Kumar |author1-link=Utpal K. Banerjee |title=A Journey with the Buddha - Volume 2 |date=2010 |publisher=Shubhi Publications |isbn=978-81-8290-223-7 |page=234 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=xPFOAQAAIAAJ&q=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT0t-3uLSAAxUMDd4KHXb_Cxc4KBDoAXoECAoQAw |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sikand |first1=Yoginder |title=Pseudo-messianic movements in contemporary Muslim South Asia |date=2008 |publisher=Global Media Publications |isbn=9788188869282 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=9SYKAQAAMAAJ&q=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEIMjAE |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Journal of Secularism: IJS : a Journal of Centre for Study of Society & Secularism |date=2005 |publisher=The Centre |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=0gRuAAAAMAAJ&q=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEINTAF |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Muhammad |first1=Nur |title=The Deendar Anjuman |date=2000 |publisher=Nur Muhammad |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=aLcQAQAAIAAJ&q=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&dq=kalki+avatar+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8yMa15PfjAhUFfH0KHba8BcgQ6AEIOTAG |accessdate=10 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Abedin |first1=Mohammad Zainal |title=Mānabatāra diśārī |date=1966 |page=22 |edition=1 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=dukRAQAAIAAJ&q=মামহ&dq=মামহ&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj77v7pprrlAhV76nMBHShbAKsQ6AEIIDAB |accessdate=26 October 2019 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Bukti-bukti sains dan sejarah kerasulan Muhammad |date=2007 |publisher=PTS Litera Utama |isbn=9789833604531 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=vxemBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT70&lpg=PT70&dq=Ahamiddhi&source=bl&ots=DMuK_OMRxe&sig=ACfU3U1v4Vl72NeB9-bwXeV7_KtW1SGyxg&hl=bn&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7zpWXsbnlAhVKKo8KHRfxBIUQ6AEwAnoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=Ahamiddhi&f=false |accessdate=26 October 2019 |language=ms}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Idrakisyah |first1=Mohamad |title=Islam for All |date=24 June 2020 |publisher=Mohamad Idrakisyah |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=qObsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT0t-3uLSAAxUMDd4KHXb_Cxc4KBDoAXoECAsQAw |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Habibi |first1=Dr S. M. Mohiuddin |last2=Habibi |first2=Syed Ahsan |title=Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in the Bible |date=13 May 2016 |publisher=Expertini Limited |isbn=978-1-4357-2738-0 |page=238 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=AxkoDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA238&dq=kalki+muhammad+ved+prakash&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5ibC-trSAAxWub_UHHd3rC344FBDoAXoECAQQAw |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=M A |first1=Srivastav |title=हजरत मुहम्मद और भारतीय धर्मग्रंथ |date=2008 | page = 19| publisher=Madhur Sandesh Sanggam|quote=
|url=https://archive.org/details/25216003 |accessdate=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Srivastav |first1=M.A. |title=Hazrat Muhammad (Pbuh) n Bharatiya Dharma Grantha {{!}} Prophets And Messengers In Islam {{!}} Muhammad |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/92874101/Hazrat-Muhammad-Pbuh-n-Bharatiya-Dharma-Grantha |accessdate=25 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book |last1=Sabjan |first1=Muhammad Azizan |title=The People of the Book and the People of the Dubious Book (Penerbit USM) |date=2008 |publisher=Penerbit USM |isbn=978-983-861-853-3 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=Q95qCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT93&dq=ved+prakash+muhammad&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij4YKPv7SAAxXYd2wGHUDUDXc4ChDoAXoECAQQAw |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=S̲ānī |first1=Muḥammad |title=‏تجليات سثرت :‏: ‏ےيغمبر رحمت صلى الله علية وسلم كے حضور غيرمسلم سيرت نگاروں اور مذاهب عالم كے دانشوروں كا خراج عقيدت /‏ |date=1996 |publisher=فضلى سنز، |isbn=978-969-441-014-2 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=ednXAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&dq=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3no7_0rSAAxXCQPUHHc3zCV8Q6AF6BAgMEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fatḥpūrī |first1=Muḥammad Ismāʻīl Āzād |title=Urdū shāʻirī meṉ naʻt: ibtida se ʻahd-i Muḥsin tak |date=1992 |publisher=Ḍākṭar Muḥammad Ismāʻīl Āzād Fathpūrī |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=Z-JFAQAAIAAJ&q=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&dq=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3no7_0rSAAxXCQPUHHc3zCV8Q6AF6BAgNEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Akbarulʻaẓamī |first1=Ibn-i |title=محمد: هندو كتابوں ديں |date=1998 |publisher=Intik̲h̲āb-i Jadīd Pres |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=ntXXAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&dq=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3no7_0rSAAxXCQPUHHc3zCV8Q6AF6BAgLEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fārūqī |first1=Moḥsin |title=مقامات قرانى |date=1998 |publisher=اداره احساس زياں، |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=EujXAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&dq=%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4+%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3no7_0rSAAxXCQPUHHc3zCV8Q6AF6BAgGEAM |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Murtaza) |first1=Muhammad |title=পশু উৎসর্গে সব ধর্মের ঐক্য (Unity of all the religions in sacrifiing animals) |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/islamic-life/2020/07/27/939583 |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=[[Kaler Kantho]] |date=July 2020}}</ref> Also there is media coverage of being converted to muslim by reading this book.<ref>{{cite news |title=قصص من الحياة: قصة اسلام ارون كومار من عبادّ الأبقار (Stories from life: the story of self-submission (convertion to Islam) of Arun Kumar, a cow worshiper)|url=https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2014/07/08/563800.html |access-date=29 July 2023 |work=[[:ar:دنيا الوطن]] (AlWatan Voice)|date=8 July 2014 |language=ar}}</ref> Also detailed articles from [[Daily Dunya]], [[Daily Jang]], [[Siasat Daily]], [[Daily Pakistan]], [[Naya Diganta]] and [[Urdu Point]] here.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Talib |first1=Tariq Mahmoud |title=Kalki Avtar - Investigative Urdu Article: بھارت کے پنڈت وید پرکاش اپادھیائے نے اپنی کتاب ”کلکی اوتار“ میں تصدیق کی ہے کہ ہندو اپنی مذہبی کتابوں کے مطابق جس اوتارکا انتظار کررہے ہیں وہ رسولﷺ ہی ہیں ( India's Pandit Ved Prakash Upadhyay has confirmed in his book "Kalki Avatar" that according to their religious books, the avatar that Hindus are waiting for is the Prophet.) |url=https://www.urdupoint.com/daily/article/kalki-avtar-3308.html |access-date=29 July 2023 |work=[[Urdu Point]] |date=8 January 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hamza |first1=Ameer |title=ختمِ نبوت اور وزیراعظم و آرمی چیف کی مساعی جمیلہ (End of Prophethood and efforts of Prime Minister and Army Chief Jamila) |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/author/ameer-hamza/2019-10-11/28669/31008559 |access-date=29 July 2023 |work=[[Daily Dunya]] |date=11 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Asmae |first1=Sarwat Jamal |title=ہندومَت میں ’’جگت گرو‘‘، محمد عربی ﷺ کی آمد کی بشارتیں (The tidings of the arrival of the "Jagat Guru", Muhammad in Hinduism Arabi) |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/1002676 |access-date=29 July 2023 |work=[[Daily Jang]] |date=31 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=غیر مسلموںتک مذہب اسلام کا پیغام پہچانے’’ اسلامی کتابوں کی مفت تقسیم‘‘ وقت کا اہم ترین تقاضہ (Free distribution of Islamic books" is the most important requirement of the time to make the message of Islam known to non-Muslims) |url=https://archive.urdu.siasat.com/news/%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%DA%BA%D8%AA%DA%A9-%D9%85%D8%B0%DB%81%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%BE%DB%81%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86-524296/ |access-date=29 July 2023 |work=[[Siasat Daily]] Urdu Archive |date=6 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=پیارے رسول ﷺ کی عظمت : سب سے عظیم تر (The greatness of the beloved Prophet ﷺ: The greatest) |url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/11-Aug-2017/623834 |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=[[Daily Pakistan]] |date=11 August 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Zehad |title=মুহাম্মদ সা: প্রশংসিত (Muhammad (saw) praised) |url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/opinion/673358/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4 |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=[[Naya Diganta]] |date=27 June 2022 |language=bn}}</ref>

== Islamic criticism ==
[[Ziya-ur-Rahman Azmi]] in his book "''Dirast fi al-Yahudiyyah Wal-Masihiyah Wa Adiyan-al-Hind''" ( A Study on Judaism, Christianity and Indian Religion) states that there are two explanations behind the prophecies in Hinduism about the emergence of Islam. One could be that the time of Aryan migration was during the time of Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him), during his time another prophet came to India, under whose guidance these prophecies are included, or as many Hindus say it was copied from [[Rigveda]]. Another theory is that, according to Sultan Mubeen, professor of Sanskrit at Shibli College, they are Hindu inventions and later additions, added by Hindus to please Muslim rulers, such as Kalki. Puranas and Bhavishya Puranas, which contain many Islamic prophecies. Azmi argues that most of the Hindu scriptures were translated into Arabic during the reign of Caliph [[Al-Ma'mun|Ma'mun ibn al-Rashid]] at [[Bait al Hikmat]], but none of them mentioned anything about these prophecies in any of these books. For example, al-Biruni's "Ma llihnd min muqulat al-muqulat fi al-aql wa marjula" by [[Al-Biruni]] (''Tahqiq ma lilhind min maqqula al-maqqula fi al-aql wa marzula'') and two other Arabic translations of Hindu scriptures, none of them mentioned any of thes prophecies. Azmi himself supported the second explanation. Regarding the author of the book, [[Ved Prakash Upadhyay]], in which these prophecies are mentioned, Azmi said that although he claimed to confirm these prophecies in the book, he himself did not accept Islam.<ref>{{cite book|last1=الرحمن|first1=أعظمى، محمد ضياء|title=دراسات في اليهودية والمسيحية وأديان الهند والبشارات في كتب الهندوس|date=2008|publisher=مكتبة الرشد،|pages=703–708|url=https://www.noor-book.com/en/book/internal_download/865e7470002231144605c52e5e264acd/2/fb5dd854dcf907fb80f85b5242f2e4f8/NDI2NzVlNmY3N2ZhOTUxNDMzZGVhY2I0NDg0MmI4OGMzNWIyMDgyNmRlZTI4ZmYxN2QyY2RjNGRkMGQzMzg0OWI5MmNkYjhmYTExNzEwNDA1N2YyNWMzNWIyYjBkYWEzMWVhOWUxZDJmZmUwYmM0MGI4ZWNkYWMxZjkzZGJlZjQxS1dhZ3ZyRUgwZnA3RmQrRThEeURZSFpKNysrUkFZQ3FoeG5WYTdaZkVhL2cranNiZFdnVThjWWc0OXZnTVpn|access-date=14 August 2022|language=ar}}</ref>

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar [[Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria]], who has conducted advanced research and studies on [[Hinduism]] at the [[Islamic University of Madinah]] in Saudi Arabia, said about the book in his book ''Hinduism wa tasur bad al firaq al islamiat biha'' (Hinduism and some Islamic groups influenced by it) that,
"There is a section for this Purana ([[Bhavishya Purana]]) called [[Kalki Purana]], which touched upon [[Kalki]] Avatar, (Avatar that comes in the Kali time, or the last time) and what came in this Purana was the reality of Muhammad only, when one of their scholars [[(Ved Prakash Upaddhay]]) admitted that there is no Kalki Avatar except Muhammad and he mentioned evidence for that from this book, and claimed that it only applies to it, except that the Hindus differed in accepting this part of the book, and they said that it was plagiarized and it was developed by the later and it was included in the book at a very late time."<ref name="AHWT"/> Zakaria also criticized the book, saying that Narasangsha is described in verse 127 of the 20th volume of the Atharveda as Kalki which is not the main body of the Atharvaveda, he said that it is an anticipatory portion and subsequent connections, and claimed that prophecies of the Prophet [[Muhammad]] in Hindu scriptures were used by Hindus to make their scriptures acceptable to Muslims, which is a clever attempt, beginning with Akbar's reign to flatter Emperor Akbar by writing the [[Allopanishad]], he claims that the Bhavishya Purana is completely fabricated and man-made with Hindu references. He says that Hinduism has a habit of adding everything in it's religion they got outside in the name of their own religion fabricatedly to attract people to come into their religion, this is also a result of that. In addition, all Hindu scriptures, including the Vedas, are claimed to be adaptations of the beliefs of the [[Aryan]]s, [[Dravid]]ians, and Indian regional indigenous religions, and says that since the Hindu texts do not contain the monotheism of God or [[Allah]], it is in neither consistent with the original tenets of Islam, nor these are original devine books, rather the pagan [[Advaita Vedanta]] philosophy influenced the concept of [[Wahdat al-Wujud]] or [[Sufism]] in the name of Islam, arose and as Hinduism established itself as a conformist and syncretistic doctrine from the Islamic point of view. He claimed that, all Hindu scriptures are not inspired and man-made Aryan literature and the theory that this book attributed Kalki to Muhammad, he claimed, was a false and deceitful attempt.<ref name="AHWT">{{cite book |title=الهندوسية وتأثر بعض الفرق الاسلامية بها |date=2016 |publisher=Dār al-Awrāq al-Thaqāfīyah |isbn=978-603-90755-6-1 |pages=870-890 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=zLGztAEACAAJ&dq=%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%B1+%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B6+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y |access-date=28 July 2023 |lang=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=প্রশ্ন : হিন্দু ধর্মে ভবিষ্যৎবাণী কোথায় থেকে আসলো? শাইখ প্রফেসর ড. আবু বকর মুহাম্মাদ যাকারিয়া (Question: Where did prophecy come from in Hinduism? Sheikh Professor Dr. Abu Bakar Muhammad Zakaria) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KteGroIh940|publisher=[[Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria]]'s YouTube page|access-date=15 January 2021|quote=1
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The question is, there has been prophesized about Muhammad s.a.w. in the Hindu scriptures and it is not possible to give prophecy except Allah. Are they really prophecies? Give me a clear concept. Well, let's see. Firstly, a believer always has to believe it.

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That a believer has to believe that Allah has taken promises about Muhammad s.a.w. from every prophet. Because Allah has said in Quran, Remember when I have taken promises from prophets, I have given you book and knowledge everything.

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But when my messenger will come you have to follow them. He is Muhammad s.a.w. For that every prophet knew about him and that promise has been taken from them. So they knew about Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. Although not in detail but they knew about him.

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Many of them told about him in their books. That's why it is directly mentioned in Torah and Bible and Allah himself has also declared that. In Torah and Injil they clearly get the mention about him. It is true and many of them had written book about him.

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Torah and Injil are proven as Allah's books. So it is common to have this mention in them. These are not any prophecy. The things mentioned in book are given by Allah. Giving prophecy is a shame. Giving prophecy like this is not permissible. What is said by Allah is not any prophecy.

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For example, the punishment in grave is mentioned in Quran and Hadith. They are not prophecy. Allah has delivered them to us. And we have to keep faith on them. So people of these prophets kept faith on them. Now the question is from where did it come to Hindu scriptures?

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There is no chance to come it in Hindu scriptures. Because we don't believe Hindu scriptures as revealed book of Allah. Why don't we believe? Because we have read them and have seen. By not reading anything can be said. There is no existence of monotheism in them. Not about afterlife, not about messengers.

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Without three things no book can be Allah's book. No one of them is Allah's book. Then from where did these prophecies come? This which is my opinion as I have done PhD in Hindu religion. It seems to me that. There was a great wondrous man in India.

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His name was Krishna Dweepayon. Krishna Dweepayon himself has written all these books. Krishna Dweepayon used to do that. There was two sections of Aryans. One is Indian section and another is Iranian section.

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Iranian section used to worship Asuras. And Indian section used to worship Devas. That's why there is a big epic of Devasura wars in their books. Devasur means war between Dev and Asura. This war was not a war of weapons. It was war of speech.

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Krishna Dweepayon used to go to Iran from India. At there he used to discuss with them. Then they worshipped Ahura Mazda. The concept of Ahura Mazda was nearer to Islam. Means nearer to the rules of Allah.

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As they lived nearer to Arab peninsula. Most of them knew about Abrahamic religion and have written in their books. Some parts from them has been added in Hindu scripture. Outside that they are not. They are not prapt or gotten sentences.

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They are sage or rishi sentences as Hindus say. That's why you will see in first three Vedas. Rigveda, Yajurveda, Rigveda, Samveda and Yajurveda. In these three Vedas you will get nothing of them about Rasulullah.

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Lastly in Atharva Veda. Atharva Veda is said as the last Veda. It has been written later. Its culture is also different from the others. Its culture doesn't match with other Vedas. Its difference is easily understood. Some have said it as Prakrita or interpolation.

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Specially the discussion of Narasamsa. They have said this part as interpolation. And they said that it has been added later. That's why in Atharva Veda which is called Kuntap Sukta. That by reciting these Suktas.

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Heat and pressure are relieved. Hindus says that they are later added part. There is not any single sign of Quran and Sunnah in their books. As we don't get any verse of Allah in their books. So there is no chance to call them as Allah's words.

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They have entered this word as interpolations. Their nature is if they find anything anywhere they absorb it. Entering into their religion anything found new. This is a bad habit of them. And you will wonder that in continuance of this habit. They have later written a book named Allah Upanishad.

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When that was the time of the reign of Akbar. They made it as an Upanishad. Not too far from now. In the time of Akbar they wrote Allah Upanishad. Before that they never mentioned the word Allah. So it means that the word Allah was never in their books. Those who never knew the name of Allah.

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In reality how much of their book is the word of Allah. Can never be assured. And it is proved that they are not the words of Allah. Again you can see that not only Upanishad. The book Bhavishya Puran which they have written. Is completely written later by their own hand.

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They are not part of their basic Puranas. Not part of 18 Puranas. And you all know that they have 14 Upanishads. And 18 Puranas. And 4 Vedas. And 2 are their history called Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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And they have 14th Smriti. Which is called Smriti. Manu Samhita or Manu Parashara or Samhita which are 14. In any of them we cannot find Quran or Sunnah. Or anything mentioned in our Quran and Sunnah.

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Nothing mentioned about Allah. Nothing mentioned about Messenger. About any Messenger. And no word has been mentioned about afterlife. They are only in all these books. Specially when they came to the Puranas. Although in Vedas and Upanishads there is no mention about rebirth.

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When they started writing Puranas. They all created the theory of reincarnation. It means that a completely new thought was developed in them then. Others saying that final judgment will be held only one time. They say judgment will be held many times.

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They have changed the concept by themselves. Which means it is understood that. If you agree that the things are really mentioned in their books. They are told on behalf of Allah. Then you have given a recognition of their books as authentic. That's why some of them have written books named Kolki Avatar and Muhammad Sahib.

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But never accepted Islam. For their absorbing tendency. They thought if we take it. Then they will remain with us. A basic thing among them is that. You know that Hindu religion has no relation with any basic belief. How many belief anyone take. As long as he doesn't declare his apostasy.

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He will remain a Hindu. He will be burned accordingly. He will be burned according to Hindu tradition. There will be no problem to call him a Hindu. Because Mahatma Gandhi has been said. About traits of Hinduism. He said as characteristics. That in there, there is no obligation of any Aqeedah belief.

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Which means you can believe anything you want. If it is that Hinduism. Then you can understand. There is absorbeness. They include anything they get from anywhere. That's why these are found in their books. They have placed them in their books as poems. Later those of us who do not understand.

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We are taking a chance to think their book as acceptable. By these things. Nauzubillah (we seek protection to Allah). We will be sinner. These are not Allah's books. And we don't have to say it. It is clearly understood that these are not Allah's books. Why you will say it. That it is revealed on any prophet or messenger.

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We cannot say them as Allah's books. It contains only they stolen from other books. Included from other place. It is taken from different places. They are not part of their book. If you read their books. You will find in Vedas from starting.

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Fire meets priest. They are reading Agni, Agni, Agni. They are saying. What will happen by this? Fire works as priest. If you feed fire. That will go to Gods. Devtas. Who have said it. We can understand that. They remained in such a time. When Qurban used to be happened.

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Means there was a time of Yajna. For example. Ibn Adam. Two sons of Adam. Performed Yajna. Allah accepted one and rejected other. From that time. They didn't take any tradition of any prophet or messenger. We don't say. Not any has been sent to them.

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They had got prophets. But reality is the people of Indian subcontinent. Used to think someone as sheep. And someone as Allah. They made someone God. And killed some other one. Between that. They can never follow the moderate way. It is a great misfortune for us.

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We Indians do it regularly. If we find any pious man. We make them God. And sometimes when we find any good man. We make them worst people. We never hesitate to do it. So this moral character of us. In there we find this type of people. Which things they stolen from different places.

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Added in their scriptures. We can never accept them as prophecy. Never accept them as words of Allah. Just say they are interpolation. They did not and will never give you the responsibility. To say their books and their religion as authentic.

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They have never said that these are God's words. They say themselves. The Omnics among them. You all know about them. The six philosophy they have. It is never said in anywhere of them that these are God's words. In everywhere it is said that Veda is creator.

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They think that mantras or spells create everything. How much they say. It is excessive. These are nothing. By reading you will see that they are nothing. Seeing mountain they become mad and praise it. Seeing stars in the sky they become mad and praise them.

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They describe Ashwini stars. Which two are they. They themselves know. Becoming busy about them. Sometime calling the sun Ogni and sometime calling it Indra. By this format they are approaching. They are not the words of true religion or not any guidance.

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And if you want to get guidance from them. You have to go too far and you can hardly find it. So those who are saying it as Allah's words. They are doing wrong. We will request these brothers not to do these things. Either they should directly invite to Islam. The things which are wrong.

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The law of any methodology is that. You will never invite in wrong way. You must make them understand that your scriptures are full of fault. They have basically no reference. To whom you are attributing them. Who have written them. Who have mentioned them. Who are they. Who are these people from you.

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Who are the writer of these mantras. They are mantras. In this it is written. This God says. That Goddess says. Which God. Is it any man or any angel. Or what. Who have said that. There is no proof. So we should not describe this type of prophecy. Hope you have understood the subject.}}</ref>

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